EXCLUSIVE – Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat at the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional research into President Trump's alleged ties to Russia, had large contact ultimate 12 months with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch who became imparting Warner get entry to to former British spy and dossier creator Christopher Steele, in line with text messages received exclusively with the aid of Fox information.

"we have so much to talk about u want to be careful however we are able to help our u . s . a .," Warner texted the lobbyist, Adam Waldman, on March 22, 2017.

"i'm in," Waldman, whose company has ties to Hillary Clinton, texted again to Warner.